Congress unlikely to pass DACA replacement by year's end
Source: The Houston Chronicle
Democrats look to attach issue to budget legislation
By Bill LambrechtDecember 17, 2017 Updated: December 17, 2017 9:38pm
WASHINGTON - Democrats in Congress are growing increasingly pessimistic that an agreement to protect young immigrants from deportation can be reached this year.
While U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, says it would take a miracle to get a deal done before lawmakers leave for the holidays later this week, immigration advocates are holding out hope that an agreement can be reached in the Senate by tying the fix to the must-pass budget bill, which could force action in the House.
The nearly 800,000 so-called "Dreamers" in jeopardy since the Trump administration canceled the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program have pressed for resolution before the end of the year. President Donald Trump gave Congress until early March to write legislation restoring protections, a date GOP leaders in Congress see as affording sufficient time for a solution.
"You have an unfolding crisis in which young American kids are losing jobs and being exposed to deportation, and Republican leadership is saying we can kick the can down the road," said Frank Sharry, executive director of America's Voice, an immigrant advocacy group.
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